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The Chuck Berry Database contains the most accurate and up to date information about the recordings of Chuck Berry.
The database is an international joint work by Fred Rothwell, England, author of "Long Distance information - Chuck Berry's Recorded Legacy",
Morten Reff, Norway, author of "The Chuck Berry International Directory", and Dietmar Rudolph, Germany, author of "A Collector's Guide to the Music of Chuck Berry"
featuring collaboration from Thierry Chanu (†), Arne Wolfswinkel, and Claude Schlouch with help from record collectors world-wide.
Using this database you can find out which songs Chuck Berry recorded during his musical career, when he recorded the often multiple versions of a song, and who helped recording it.
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Memphis, Tennessee
| words and music by | Chuck Berry |
| also known as | Long Distance Telephone |
CHESS Recording
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar, guitar (overdub), 2nd guitar (overdub) |
| Jasper Thomas | drums (overdub) |
| According to Chuck Berry's autobiography, Berry claims to have recorded Memphis all by himself at home in July 1958. |
| Length | 2:10 |
| Master | CHESS 9073 |
| Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
| First release on 45rpm | Back in the USA b/w Memphis, Tennessee (CHESS 1729, USA, 1959-06) |
| First release on album | Chuck Berry's Greatest Hits (CHESS LP 1485, USA, 1964-04) |
Audience dubbed
| + | audience (overdub) |
| Length | 2:10 |
| Master | CHESS 12552 |
| Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
| First release on 45rpm | Memphis, Tennessee b/w Sweet Little Sixteen (CHESS 1866, USA, 1963-08) |
| First release on album | Chuck Berry On Stage (CHESS LP 1480, USA, 1963-08) |
Audience & Intro
| Eddy Mitchell | master of ceremonies (overdub) |
| - | audience (overdub) |
| Length | 2:10 |
| Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
| First release on album | Chuck Berry A L'Olympia (Barclay 80258S, F, 1965-05) |
25. 10. 1963 Set 1 (The Walled Lake Casino, Walled Lake, Michigan, USA)
live 1963 Walled Lake, Friday Set 1
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Joe Hunter | piano |
| Henry "Hank" Cosby | tenor saxophone |
| Thomas "Beans" Bowles | baritone saxophone |
| James Jamerson | bass |
| William "Benny" Benjamin (Papa Zita) | drums |
| Length | 3:08 |
| First release on album | Rock And Roll Music (Bear Family BCD 17273 PL, D, 2014-10) |
25. 10. 1963 Set 2 (The Walled Lake Casino, Walled Lake, Michigan, USA)
live 1963 Walled Lake, Friday Set 2
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Joe Hunter | piano |
| Henry "Hank" Cosby | tenor saxophone |
| Thomas "Beans" Bowles | baritone saxophone |
| James Jamerson | bass |
| William "Benny" Benjamin (Papa Zita) | drums |
| Length | 2:52 |
| First release on album | Rock And Roll Music (Bear Family BCD 17273 PL, D, 2014-10) |
26. 10. 1963 Set 1 (The Walled Lake Casino, Walled Lake, Michigan, USA)
live 1963 Walled Lake, Saturday Set 1
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Joe Hunter | piano |
| Henry "Hank" Cosby | tenor saxophone |
| Thomas "Beans" Bowles | baritone saxophone |
| James Jamerson | bass |
| William "Benny" Benjamin (Papa Zita) | drums |
| Length | 3:14 |
| First release on album | You Never Can Tell (Hip-O Select B0012465-02, USA, 2009-02) |
live 1964 BBC
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| John Frankland | guitar |
| Ted "Kingsize" Taylor | guitar |
| John Hawken | piano |
| Bobby Thompson | bass |
| Gibson Kemp | drums |
| Length | 2:29 |
| First release on album | Rock And Roll Music (Bear Family BCD 17273 PL, D, 2014-10) |
shortened
| First release on album | Kingsize Taylor & The Dominoes - Liverpool's First Rock'n'Roll Band (Merseyside's Greatest MG BOX 801005-8, D, 1990) |
live 1965 Waterloo
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Willy Donni | guitar |
| Willy Albimoor (Willy Noël De Moor) | piano |
| Ed Rogers (Roger Vanhaverbeke) | double bass |
| Eddie Hunton | drums |
| Length | 4:06 |
| First release on album | Hail! Hail! Chuck Berry! Live! (Rough 640509040147, EU, 2017-12) |
Mercury Recording
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Quincy Macon | guitar |
| Johnnie C. Johnson | electric piano |
| Forrest Frierson | bass |
| Ebbie Hardy | drums |
| unknown | tambourine |
| Length | 2:06 |
| Master | Mercury YWI-38884 |
| Producer | Chuck Berry |
| First release on album | Chuck Berry's Golden Hits [Stereo] (Mercury MG-21103/SR-61103, USA, 1967-03) |
Mono fold-down
| Length | 2:06 |
| First release on 45rpm | Memphis, Tennessee b/w School Day (Mercury C-30144, USA, 1972) |
| First release on album | Chuck Berry's Golden Hits [Mono] (Mercury 124.033 MDL, France, 1967) |
18. 3. 1967 (Bill Graham archive)
live 18 Mar. 1967 San Francisco
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Steve Miller | guitar |
| Jim Peterman | keyboards |
| Lonnie Turner | bass |
| Tim Davis | drums |
| Length | 8:51 |
| First release on album | Check Me Out! (Crying Steel CSR02, EU, 2014) |
26. 12. 1967 (Bill Graham archive)
live 26 Dec. 1967 San Francisco
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| James "Curly" Cooke | guitar |
| Jim Peterman | organ |
| Lonnie Turner | bass |
| Tim Davis | drums |
| Length | 4:49 |
| First release on album | Check Me Out! (Crying Steel CSR02, EU, 2014) |
29. 12. 1967 (Bill Graham archive)
live 29 Dec. 1967 San Francisco
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| James "Curly" Cooke | guitar |
| Jim Peterman | organ |
| Lonnie Turner | bass |
| Tim Davis | drums |
| Length | 7:34 |
| First release on album | Check Me Out! (Crying Steel CSR02, EU, 2014) |
13. 9. 1969 (Toronto Rock’n’Roll Revival, Varsity Stadium, Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
live 1969 Toronto
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Ron Marinelli | guitar |
| Hughie Leggat | bass |
| Danny Taylor | drums |
| Length | 4:03 |
| Producer | Brower/Walker Enterprises |
| First release on album | Chuck Berry Live (Everest CBR 1007, UK, 1982) |
Faded in and out
| Length | 4:03 |
| Producer | Brower/Walker Enterprises |
| First release on album | Live in Concert (Magnum MR-703, USA, 1978) |
Shortened to 3:39
| Length | 3:39 |
| Producer | Brower/Walker Enterprises |
| First release on album | My Dingaling (Royal Collection RC 83148, NL, 1991) |
Shortened
| Length | 3:33 |
| Producer | Brower/Walker Enterprises |
| First release on album | The Chuck Berry Collection (DEJA VU DVLP 2068, I, 1986) |
live 1972 with John Lennon
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| John Lennon | vocal, guitar |
| Yoko Ono | vocal, bongos |
| Wayne "Tex" Gabriel | guitar |
| Adam Ippolito | piano |
| Stan Bronstein | tenor saxophone, tambourine |
| Gary van Scyoc | bass |
| Richard "Rick" Frank | drums |
| Jerry Rubin | bongos |
| Length | 3:12 |
| First release on album | In The 1950s (Chrome Dreams CD3CD5073, UK, 2011) |
| Other notable release | John Lennon Telecasts (JL 517, USA, 1979) |
live 1972 Bremen
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Jimmy Campbell | guitar |
| Mick Snow | piano |
| Billy Kinsley | bass |
| Dave Harrison | drums |
| Other notable release | The Lost Broadcasts (Gonzo Multimedia HST056DVD, D, 2012-03) |
live 1972 BBC
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Jimmy Campbell | guitar |
| Mick Snow | piano |
| Billy Kinsley | bass |
| Dave Harrison | drums |
| Length | 4:32 |
| Producer | Stanley Dorfman for BBC Television |
| First release on album | Six Two Five (Driving Wheel LP-1001, UK, 1972) |
| Other notable release | Live at the BBC (ZitRock ZR-DVD-CHB-16-03, US, 2016) |
5. 8. 1972 (Empire Stadium, London, UK)
live 1972 Wembley
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Terry Clemson | guitar |
| John Earl | saxophone |
| Jimmy Walls | bass |
| Les Warren | drums |
| Length | 1:24 |
| First release on album | The London Rock And Roll Show (TKO Magnum Force CDMF-105, UK, 2001) |
19. 5. 1977 (De Zandkuil Open Air Theatre, Lochem, The Netherlands)
live 1977 Lochem
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Steve Bloomfield | guitar |
| Rusty Lupton | piano |
| Fred Poke | bass |
| Wild Bob Burgos | drums |
| Length | 3:36 |
| First release on album | Chuck Berry Meets Matchbox (Promised Land Record PL 92 1977, D, 1994) |
21. 5. 1977 (Musikhalle, Hamburg, Germany)
live 1977 Hamburg
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Sandy Ford | guitar |
| Nigel "Niggsy" Owen | guitar |
| Jacko Buddin | piano |
| Pete Pritchard | bass |
| Terry Earl | drums |
| Length | 3:29 |
| First release on album | Chuck Berry's Rock'n'Roll Party with The Flying Saucers (Driving Wheel C 7788, EU, 1988) |
live 1980 Seattle
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Barry Curtis | guitar |
| Tom Katica | electric piano |
| James "Jimmy" Marsala | bass (prob.) |
| George Rudiger | drums |
| Length | 4:05 |
| First release on album | Hail! Hail! Chuck Berry! Live! (Rough 640509040147, EU, 2017-12) |
17. 1. 1981 (Wolf & Rissmiller's Country Club, Reseda, California, USA)
live 1981 Reseda
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Johnny Rivers | 2nd guitar |
| unknown | piano, drums |
| James "Jimmy" Marsala | bass |
| Billy Ciofe Band | band (poss.) |
| Length | 3:38 |
| Producer | Norman J. Pattiz |
| First release on album | Live! Wolf & Rissmiller's Country Club - 1981 (Rough 40147, 2018-03) |
| Other source | KMET (live radio broadcast, YouTube) |
27. 4. 1981 (Shinjuku Koseinenkin Hall, Tokyo, Japan)
live 27 Apr. 1981 Tokyo
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Ingrid G. Berry | vocal |
| Shigeru Narumo | piano |
| James "Jimmy" Marsala | bass |
| Tsutomu Maki | drums |
| Length | 2:39 |
| Producer | Kei Ishizaka |
| First release on album | Chuck Berry Tokyo Session (East World WTP 90072, J, 1981) |
21. 2. 1982 (Ritz Club, New York City, NY, USA)
live 1982 New York
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| unknown | guitar, piano, tenor saxophone, bass, drums |
| Length | 3:18 |
| Producer | The Vinyl Rat |
| First release on album | Let It Rock ! (Let It Rock ! (Bootleg), EU, 1986) |
Summer 1982 (Roxy Theatre, Hollywood, California, USA)
live 1982 Hollywood
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Richie Zito | guitar |
| William Smith | piano |
| James Horn | saxophone |
| James "Jimmy" Marsala | bass |
| Willie Orneals | drums |
| Length | 2:54 |
| First release on album | Original Legend Versions (Mandarim MR-03978, IE, 1996) |
16. 10. 1986 Show 1 (Universal Movie "Hail! Hail! Rock'n'Roll")
live 1986 Fox Theatre Show 1
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Keith Richards | guitar |
| Johnnie C. Johnson | piano |
| Chuck Leavell | keyboards |
| Joey Spampinato | bass |
| Steve Jordan | drums |
| Length | 3:03 |
| Producer | Keith Richards |
| First release on album | Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll (MCA Records MCA-6217, USA, 1987) |
| Other notable release | Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll (Universal Pictures, USA, 1987-10-09) |
| Other source | Fox Theatre Show 1 (Audience Tape) |
24. 7. 1987 (Paleo Festival, Nyon, Switzerland)
live 1987 Nyon
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Johnnie C. Johnson | piano |
| George French | bass |
| Herman Jackson | drums |
| Length | 2:57 |
| First release on album | Sweet, Sweet Rock And Roll (Discourios DIS-124CD, D, 1992) |
31. 12. 1988 (Palladium Theater, New York City, NY, USA)
live 1988 Palladium
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| unknown | guitar, piano, bass, drums |
| Length | 3:10 |
| First release on album | The Sheik Of Chicago (Smashing Pumpkin Records PMK-1126, EU, 2016) |
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